Three hundred theatre heavyweights have come together to put an end to the systemic racism in the industry. In an open letter addressed to “White American Theatre”, the piece called out the racism many have experienced while also demanding change. “We have watched you un-challenge your white privilege, inviting us to traffic in the very racism and patriarchy that festers in our bodies, while we protest against it on your stages,” the letter reads. “We have watched you promote anti-blackness again and again… We have watched you exploit us, shame us, diminish us, and exclude us.
We see you. We have always seen you. And now you will see us.” RELATED: Bubba Wallace Calls For Removal Of Confederate Flag At NASCAR: ‘No One Should Feel
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